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Comment by simonw

> Would love feedback - what MCP security issues have you seen?

For me the number one problem with MCP security is the lethal trifecta - the fact that it's so easy to combine MCPs from different vendors (or even from the same vectors) that provide exposure to potentially untrusted/malicious instructions in a way that can then trigger exfiltration of private data.

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/9/bay-area-ai/

I don't know how we can solve this with more technology - it seems to me to be baked into the very concept of how MCP works.

parent simonw 1 year ago

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